Key Insights From:
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
By Sam Harris
Audio Available |
10 Minute Read
Published: Jun 16, 2015
Key Insights From:
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
By Sam Harris
Audio Available |
10 Minute Read
Published: Jun 16, 2015
What You'll Learn:
Sam Harris is a renowned neuroscientist with a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of California. He is the New York Times best-selling author of five books and host of the Making Sense Podcast. In Waking Up, Harris argues that there is an empirical foundation for spiritual practices that can be accessed by secularists and atheists alike. The book explores the nature of spirituality in the light of secular thought, covering various topics such as psychedelics, meditation, and consciousness, and their verifiable benefits for human flourishing.
Key Insights:
- There is nothing irrational or religious about transcendent love or contemplative insight.
- The only reality is now.
- Consciousness is a mystery—and that’s okay.
- If you search for the locus of your own “self,” you will find out it doesn’t exist.
- We can become better people only once we accept being who we are.
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